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–Kamilah Legette is a 22-year-old doctoral student at the University of Denver who wants to use her research to help black youth.
That's because, as the Denver Post reports, Legette is the first person in the US to be awarded a National Institutes of Health "moonshot" grant to study the impact of racial bias on young people's academic achievement.
The idea is to look at the impact of such bias on students' academic achievement, especially those who come from low-income families.
In this case, Legette wants to look at the impact of racial bias on students' ability to master math and science, as well as their ability to empathize and work with others.
"It's very important for us to look at the impact of racial bias on young people's academic achievement," she says.
"It's also very important for us to look at the impact of racial bias on their ability to work with others."
So far, Legette's work has focused on the mathematical aspects of math and science, but she plans to expand it to include the social and emotional aspects.
The grant, which will pay for her to travel the country and study the impact of racial bias on young people, is just one of many
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